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>Make sure that you have the following applications handy. You will need them to facilitate your installation. If you need to download any of these programs, check <A
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>* FoxServ (<A
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tool for first-time PostNuke users to get Apache / MySQL / PHP / Perl up and 
running quickly, particularly for Windows servers.
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>* Apache Toolbox (<A
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Toolbox is a 
fully customizable and menu driven script for Linux that will install Apache / 
MySQL / PHP / PERL, and much more. Everything is compiled from source. It 
checks for RPMs that might cause problems and uses wget to automatically 
download the source if it's missing. This is an advanced tool for Linux.
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>* PHPTriad (<A
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>http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad</A
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installs a complete working PHP/MySQL server environment on Windows platforms 
(9x/NT). Installs PHP, Perl, MySQL, Apache, and PHPMyAdmin.
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